How did the background video on the website of "http://www.exodusgodsandkings.com" autoplay on the iPad?

Question

How did the background video on the website of "http://www.exodusgodsandkings.com" autoplay on the iPad?

Answer 1

using javascript onload function for example

window.onload = function() {
  document.getElementById('Yourid').play();
}

Answer 2

It is disabled on ipad and iphones by apple. see post Can you autoplay HTML5 videos on the iPad?.

As a caveat I have started using a slide show of the individual frames displayed on mobile devices as an alternative and appended the .play(); to the close button on a shadowbox of a cta on the page with the background video. This is not perfect but it is a pretty elegant solution.